Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Yarn Along

Reading: The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse. I've heard a lot about how hilarious Wodehouse is, and I really want to watch the Jeeves and Wooster series from the 90s. But I wanted to read at least one of the books first, so...I am. :) It's good so far, though maybe not quite as hilarious as I expected. But I absolutely love the quirky cover of this book!

Knitting: Still knitting away at myLady Marple! It's getting so big that it's impossible to fit into a photo. :) I'm finished with the fronts, and now I'm working on the back from the armholes up. The easy part of this sweater is behind me and soon I'll be getting into techniques that are new to me, like short rows and a three needle bind-off...should be interesting!

{Yarn Along is
a weekly link up hosted by Ginny where you can share what you've been knitting and
reading.}

It is pretty amusing so far, but I don't think it's made me laugh out loud yet (which helps me determine whether I consider a book "hilarious," ha). I can't wait to check out the TV show. I've heard such good things about it!

An old church book club read one those books one month . . . I didn't make it past one chapter, and I had no interest in seeing one of the films/episodes (I am pretty sure it was the T.V. show, but I had so little interest then that I don't even know for sure). I tried to start them again this year, and found some of it somewhat humorous (the descriptions of Jeeves "he shimmered in" "he floated" I adore), but I still didn't finish. I want to master a few of these and Dickens. I WILL learn to appreciate them!

I'm about a third of the way in, and while I'm enjoying it, so far it's not as amazing as I had hoped and expected. So unless it suddenly just gets really, really good, I probably won't be in a huge hurry to read the other Jeeves books yet. I do want to check out the TV series, though! :)